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May 22, 2012
The US Supreme Court’s refusal to hear a $675,000 jury verdict for the RIAA against one man who illegally downloaded 30 songs 10 years ago has revived a debate that could mean more bad press for IP
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May 21, 2012
How much attention have you been paying to IP developments in the past week? Test your knowledge with Managing IP’s news quiz
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May 14, 2012
This week’s IP quiz questions all relate to last week’s INTA Annual Meeting in Washington DC. How many can you answer?
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May 14, 2012
Managing IP lists the IP conferences, decisions and meetings taking place this week
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May 09, 2012
“Who has downloaded music?” asked Christopher Robertson of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. “I promise I’m not going to take any names.” At this, nearly everyone raised a hand. The better question, perhaps, was who hadn’t illegally downloaded music.
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May 08, 2012
In 2000, a bookstore owner in the UK found a poster in the shop with the words “Keep Calm and Carry On.” The owner hung it in the store and, when customers inquired about it, began selling copies. Since then, the phrase and the lone graphic—the crown of King George VI—have become iconic. Others have even registered the phrase as a trademark.
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May 08, 2012
Julie Alexa Strauss of Feld Entertainment describes her love of live entertainment, the battle to enforce trademark rights, and why she wants outside counsel to understand her business.
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May 08, 2012
Events organizers need to stay one step ahead of ambush marketers if they want to protect their brands and keep their sponsors happy. Emma Barraclough explains how they are meeting the challenges of the social media revolution.
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May 08, 2012
In advance of today’s session on trademarks and publicity rights, Karen Bolipata looks at the evolution of the law on the use of brands and celebrities in expressive works.
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May 07, 2012
A US jury has found that Google infringed “the overall structure, sequence and organization” of 37 of Oracle’s copyrighted Application Programming Interface (API) packages
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May 01, 2012
The US government has published its annual list naming and shaming countries that it claims have failed to protect the IP rights of its citizens and companies
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April 30, 2012
Copyright owners and the businesses that offer digital content services face a problem: how to identify, organise and license the rights involved. An industry initiative hopes to help
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April 30, 2012
Managing IP lists the IP decisions, conferences and events to watch out for this week
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April 27, 2012
The UK's IP minister reaffirmed the country's support for a unitary patent at an event to mark World IP Day yesterday
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April 25, 2012
A court in Germany has become the first to rule that YouTube must use filtering technology to check for copyright infringement, in this case for repeated uploads
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April 23, 2012
Managing IP lists the IP meetings, conferences and decisions to watch out for this week
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April 17, 2012
The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Supap Kirtsaeng v John Wiley & Sons, a case that addresses whether goods manufactured and purchased abroad are subject to the first sale doctrine
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April 13, 2012
This week's quiz questions cover gTLDs, UK IP policy, ACTA - and Jeremy Lin. How many can you answer?
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April 12, 2012
Judge Denny Chin wanted attendees of the Fordham IP China Conference to know two things: First, he is not an IP expert. Second, he is not a China expert
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April 12, 2012
Things are moving again at WIPO. That was the clear message from IP negotiators speaking at the Fordham IP conference in New York